Typo in cStringIO tp_name

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BPO	20382
Nosy	@vstinner

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python/Modules/cStringIO.c:648

"cStringIO.StringI", /tp_name/

maybe Should be

"cStringIO.StringIO", /tp_name/

[vstinner]

I don't think that it is a typo. cStringIO.StringIO(str) returns a "StringI" object, whereas cStringIO.StringIO() returns a "StringO" object.

$ python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Nov 12 2013, 16:45:54) 
[GCC 4.8.2 20131017 (Red Hat 4.8.2-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cStringIO
>>> cStringIO.StringIO('abc')
<cStringIO.StringI object at 0x7f407d1dae88>
>>> cStringIO.StringIO()
<cStringIO.StringO object at 0x7f407d0f4e68>